Talkback: Yew

Hi James,When we moved to this house 10 years ago we removed 48 trees from front and rear gardens,The garden is 112 feet by 42 feet,Each side had either yew or leylandii,when the foliage was removed they looked like telegraph poles spaced 4 feet apart we now have 7 feet space for borders each side and a view and more light in the garden we also found a path running down the garden.

I do like a yew...although the one opposite our house is much lived in by a variety of birds. Their favourite pastime seems to be excreting on whichever car is foolish enough to be parked beneath. My daughter is particularly fond of sitting at the window and letting us know when the car from number 3 has had a splartering.